Rylan's First Christmas

Our first Christmas with our precious baby was nothing short of perfect. Here are a few of the pictures...

Rylan getting a much needed bath in the sink.

Our family tradition has always been to eat Mexican food (made by my mom) on Christmas Eve. Here is a picture of Rylan and Papa Bud (his great-grandpa) eating together at the bar.

Rylan and mommy woke up earlier than everyone else Christmas morning so we decided to sneak into the living room to play with Rylan's Santa toys.

My mom has become famous in our family for her "rolled up pancakes" that she makes. Here is Rylan eating his first one...syrup and butter NOT included. He loved it!

Rylan actually spent most of Christmas morning in his Jumperoo watching everyone else open presents. I think he was trying to figure out what in the world was going on.

Daddy helped Rylan open a few of his presents. As expected the paper was more impressive to him than the actual presents.

Gotta love that wrapping paper!

What a precious little face!

We had to get a picture of Rylan in his Christmas PJ's in front of the tree.

My little boy has become quite the snuggle bug with me lately. I'd take a million naps like this!

This video is especially for our family that doesn't get to see Rylan much. We love and miss you all!

Picture Update

Not much is new with us. We are heading to Abilene in the morning so between packing and laundry I thought I would post some new pictures. I'm sure I will have a bunch of pictures to post after Christmas morning!

My baby is starting to look more and more like a little boy each day

Just hanging out

This is Rylan's first attempt to feed himself...and yes it was bath time immediately after this.

What a mess!

Rylan of course thought this was tons of fun.

He is pulling up on everything now

Playing ball

Mommy's Day Off with Rylan

Today I decided to take the day off and just spend the day with Rylan. I have really been missing him lately and feeling like I haven't had enough time with him. So today we had the whole day together...just the two of us!! Rylan had to go into the pediatrician to get the second dose of his flu shot this morning. After that we ran a few errands and then headed home before the rain really started coming down. I changed into some comfortable lounge clothes and put Rylan back in some PJ's for the day. We spent the whole day just playing on the floor in the living room. Of course we fit in a nap...for both of us. It was such a relaxing and fun day. Now I only have 7 days of work until I am off for over 2 weeks. I can't wait to spend more days with Rylan during my break. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun with all his new Christmas toys!!

Playing in the living room

I love those chubby little legs!

The Jumperoo is always tons of fun...even after getting a shot in the thigh!

Does this look like a man on a mission or what?!

Notice the cheese stuck to his chest

New Pictures

I could have sworn I just posted on here a few days ago, but as the last date shows it was over a week ago. I guess time flies when you're having so much fun with your baby boy!

We have had a busy, but fun week. A week ago today Rylan's best friend Doak Bailey Timmerman was born. We thought Rylan was big at 9 pounds when he was born, but Doak weighed in at 9 pounds, 8 ounces last Sunday. We are all looking forward to some heavy weight wrestling matches a year or two down the road. Anyway, we are glad that Doak is finally here!

This weekend Papa, Nonni, and RoRo all came to visit. Cody and his parents went to the Abilene High game at Texas Stadium Saturday while RoRo stayed home with the two of us. We went to Babies R Us to get the much needed baby gate for the living room/kitchen opening. Now we can "cage" Rylan in the living room.

We have two weeks before Christmas vacation and we are so excited to spend our first Christmas as a family. I realize Rylan will be more interested in the wrapping paper than the actual gifts, but it is still so much fun shopping for my baby boy. I am so thankful for my blessings this year!

Heading to the sitter

Mommy forgot to do the laundry so instead of a towel after his bath, he was wrapped in a changing table cover...whatever works!

Waiting at the screen door for daddy to come home

Look at our little caged monster!

Who knew the new baby gate would be so entertaining?!

Kitty chasing is so much fun!!

While Cody and Keri went to Texas Stadium to watch a football game, mommy and Rylan stayed home for a play day...which included lots of kitty chasing! Now that Rylan is crawling, the cat is constantly being hunted. Boston has been very good to Rylan though because he knows he gets treats if he lets the baby pet him. Therefore, we have a very happy baby who loves his kitty and we also have a cat who is rapidly gaining weight!

Rylan actually crawled a long way to get to Boston so this picture is Rylan taking a "breather" before he finally gets to the cat.
And of course there's always time to stop and pose for a picture!

"Hey everyone, check out my new teeth!"

FINALLY!! Rylan gets to Boston...and Boston runs away!